fhom The Club* THE annals of all ages teem with me lancholy records of the fate of nations, w jich by declinihg or delaying to a (Tume an at titude of the most extreme opposition to ag gressions upon their sovereignty, have suc cumbed the miserable vidims of parsimonious calculations, to a pressure far more infignifi cant their means of resistance : Per haps we are warranted in averting that no nation ever long survived the date of her de clining to meet in that tnoft'pofitive attitude of resistance designated by the term war, demands involving her honor or her sove reignty. An injpartial infpedion of the records of empires, kingdoms, and states, of every form, abundantly confirms this truth. It was to her iufenfibility on this score, to the fordid and mean policy of her commerce ahd wealth, to her love of peace, and her conse quently temporizing resistance, that Carthage owed the subversion of her Empire—The fame short-sighted viewj, the fame foft and unattempered policy, ikook down the massy fabrics of Grecian liberty. Before thil in sidious fiend, this million-handed monster, and not to the arms of Philip, bowed the splendid, and once terrible republics of The bes, of Athens and of Argos. Could we close their history with the age of Pericles, and blot out the painful pages which succeed, the annals of corruption, fadion, discord and slavery, no point in the pregnant record j of nature, would shine more luminous, more tranfeendant, more incomparably the form ' and pattern to all other times #fter which to fafhion the charaderiftics of an illustrious 1 empire. But even in those decrees of hers, ' to vulgar sense the most wayward, fate has ( been kind : The splendor, opulence and ] power, the high-fouled jealousy and pride,, j the' swelling renown and the long resounding ( terror of martial and repulsive independence, all glow before us, on those eternal records ' to which themselves gave birth ;in the death- | less songs of unrivalled poets, in the pathos s and fulmen of orators, and the everlasting precepts of sages and philosophers, whose t names stand high exalted above all after ess forts, and wfeofc labors have fixed a bound a to the aspiring pride of human ingenuity. Before our senses, may we daily cause to pass ) in magic retrofped, all these mighty won- Q ders. Following with gladfopie step the 1 ftraight-forward course of honor and inde- 1' pendence, we are led, along their extremeft c ' protradion, to the extreme verge of fame r and happiness. After treading with profit g and delight the flowery meads of liberty and virtue, we trace, a " A long sweeping train C "Of comments and disputes, ridiculeut and vain," c To that mortal gulph which yarned destruc tion. How long they paused, how late they 0 a might have turned and fled, let us never t dream. r This is a mirror which can refled nofalfe 1 iitiages ; the coloring may be diverfified, but e the form and pressure .remains the fame ; v escaped through long ages from the reach of j; cabalistic diftortioni, it holds up a faithful n figure, which no deception can pervert or ob- v feu re. Jj The prosperity of Greece kindled into 0 flame the envy and ambition of the Great si King. But while that prosperity continued w a to be attended by the fervor of freedom and c the unyielding spirit of conscious indepen- e dence ; not all the gold nOrall the power of a L the Great King could avail. He hurled in p vain his lance, for it ever and anon shattered u on an immoveable rock. His gold was fruit- v lefsly e x haufted to light the torch of treason ; for the patriotism which it assailed was in- si consumable. It was a defence which still h might have remained indeftrudible ; it was ' ' a rock which might have withstood the storms of ages : the heresies of mock patriots and sophists hurled the rock from its base, and coward peace, fordid, supine, fubmiflive ava rice, caused the once impregnable barrier to moulder into ruin. An artful spoiler came, and found a fadion prompt to fubfcrve his purposes, and seek their country's ruin. G \v,ake f rom your (lumbers and rife in amis ! laid the patriot and orator, or you sleep no more 1 They lifted their hands to strike, but ir waited the farther advance of the enemy. His next step stalked over the tomb of their p liberty. E. la - ■ - 1 %i)e <lsa3ette* PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY l». (COPY.) Dover, February 2d-, 1799. GF.fiTIEJIEN, X HAVE the honor to transmit you the addrefs of the Senate and House of Repre ientatives of this state to John Adams, Pre ■ fident of the United States, to be presented . to him by you. .And I also inciofe a copy of the resolve of both houses on that fubjed, with a copy of the address. ! I am, Gentlemen, With the higlieft refpeft, Your obedientiff rvai;t, RICHARD BASSET f. 1 To tie Senators and Representa-~l tives of the state of Delaware > in Congress. J 1 In the House of Representatives, " February Ist, 1799, RESOLVED, That the address to the President of the United States, be signed by the Speaker of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and be tranfmitttd by the Governor, to the Sena tors and Representatives of this state in the Congress of the Unjted States, to be pre sented by them to the President of the Uni ted States. Extract from the journal, JOHN CALDWELL, Clerk. Sent to the Senate for their 'concurrence. In the Senate, February tst, 1799, Read and adopted, ' JOHN FISHER, Clerk. To JOHJcTadaMS, President of the United States, Sir, AT the present important and interesting crisis of our national affairs, the Senate and the House of Representatives of the state at Delaware, deem it their duty to convey to •you, those sentiments and feelings which your public condud, in relation to foreign powers, has so naturally excited. In viewing the adive, vigilant and effici ent measures, didated by your administra tion, in deteding the perfidy of the French government, and in the earliest preparations to repel and fruflrate their insidious and hof tiie intentions towards this country; we can not withhold our molt cordial expreffioris of congratulation to our fellow-citizens, and perfed approbation of the firm ajid energetic Heps you have pursued. The tribute.of re fped is not less due to you, for the fi rj iri and decisive principle you have adopted. an the recent inibnee of the imprcffment of our seamen, by the cemmander of a British Jhip of war ; while we regret the occasion which has given rife to this sentiment, we cordially approve of the measures you have taken, to prevent future aggressions of a similar na ture ; and thus declaring to the world, that the United States will proted their rights from every violation. Placing our trust in that magnanimity, and those talents, which upon every im portant occasion so pre-eminently distinguish your character, we feel the most confident assurance, that we are not to experience the desolated condition of those once flourjfhing totes of Europe,m hifch have either been al lured to their ruin, by the perfidious and de hi five promises of the French government, or devoted to more certain deftrudion, by the rapacity and Cruelty of their still more fan- ; guinary armies. In that magnanimity apd' those talents, I fupportrd by. the'unanimity and cpyjage of a great can neither yield our independence, nor be- ' come tributary to any power on earth. Nor less, Sir, do we admire and approve of your conduft, as it regard's'the internal arrangement of our public affairs-_the felec- ? ti°n you have made of the Illustrious Cha raaer who is to .take the adive command of the army—the many gallant and distinguish- , 'ed officers you have united with him the J effectual diligence and prompt measures, which have been so fuccefsfutly employed to check, and almost to have destroyed, tlfe in- \ famous piracies and Spoliations so long com mitted on our vefiels and commerce the ' vigorous exertions by whioli our infant navy ! has so soon grown to a state of high, refpeda- ' bility; and, in fliort,the strong and prosper ous situation which our country at this time so. truly exhibits—all these important e vents, with many others that might be atchieved as it were in a moment, while they convince us upon real experiment, of the energies of ourconftitution andgovehiment, and secure to the Executive the noblefl wreath ofpatriotifm,— the well-deserved con fidence of a greatnation, must alike prefetve - us from all dangers, either from foreign in vasion or domestic machinations. In offering to you <*ur ftrongefl assurances | of support, we beg you also to accept our fervent wishes for the continuance of your ° health, and the enjoyment'of the undiminifh- c ed confidence of your fellow-citizens. f (Signed) 1 ISAAC DAVIS, g Speaker of the Senate. d STEPHEN LEWIS, Speaker of the Ho.use of 1 Representatives. A Dover, Feb. 1, 1799. To tie Senate and House of Representatives of tie State of Delaware. GENTLEMEN, AN address, full of the must generous sentiments and elegant expressions, as dut.- ~ !ul and .faithful to the public, as they are indulgent and candid to me, fubferibed by Mr. Davis, the Speaker of the Senate, and Mr. Lewis, the Speaktr of the House of Representatives, has been presented to me in a letter from ray refpeded friend, your ex- 1 cellent Governor, by yaur Senators and Re preijntatiyes in Gongreff.' . TKe.approbation byihe government of De laware of my pilblic conduft, in relation to foreign powers, and particularly in a late inflance of insult' to our flag, and as It re gards the internal arrangement of our pub lic affairs, and particularly in the appoint ment of that illustrious cb iraiTter, who is to take the command of the army, is very flat tering-and obliging to me. No man in my iituation, \v»lio had equal confidence in the magnanimity afid pubiic affections of that 5 firfl character, coh]4 lvave committed so great - an error as tu omit, to,invite him again to - ,I'uiieriutend the defence of his country, 1 Th<*. rapid growth of nur navy, though " Hill in its ihTanoy, i ■ extremely flattering , and enjouragin;>; to every thinking being in Aitienca. , V\'ith the higheft> pleasure I . recipvpqate your congratulations on the pleaflng,.proljxi!\!) it exhibits to our view, and tfc favorable fentinients, which appear in its iavor in Congress, and in pvery part of the Union, lLietn to promise a fortunate progress. Your alTurances of support are received with great refpeff, and your fervent wishes for the contmnanoe of my health, and the enjoyment of the undiminifhed confidence of pur feljow-citizens, a $ reciprocated with • great lincertty. (Signed) JOHN ADAMS. February 7. Dover, February 7, SIR, -AT the request of his Excellency the Governor of this State, I have the honor to transmit you' a copy of a resolution of the Lrgiflature, recommending the adoption of rneafuret, to bbtain an amendment of the constitution of the United States. / am, Sir, your tbedient servant, ABRAHAM RIDGELY," Secretary of the State of Delaware. Hon.J<.ME.s A. Batard, STATE dr DELAWARE. In the House of Represehvavives, January to, 1799. WHEREAS a resolution of the Legis lature of the Commonwealth of Maflachu fetts, passed the 28th day of June, in the year of odr Lord, one thousand seven hun dred and ninety eight, has been submitted to the conlirieration of this General Afl'embly, recommending the adoption of measures to obtain an amendment to the constitution of the United States, which (hall exclude fo reign influence from their councils, therefore to co-operate with the said Commonwealth in the attainment of anobjefl so important to our national independence : Resulted, By the Senate and House of ] Representatives of tile State of Delaware in j Gener.fl Afl'embly met, that the Senators and of this State in 1 grefs of .tin United States, be, and they are < hereby requested to use their best endeavors ' that Congress propose to the Legislatures of j the several dates the following amendment | to the Constitution of the United States, viz. j Thut*(ifi addition to the otheT qualifications prescribed by the said Constitution) no per son il,ari be eligible as Prelident or Vice-' President of tlie United States ; nor fliall • any be a Senator or Representative ifi th? Congress of the United States, except a natural born citiren, or unfefs he (hall have been a ipfident in the United States at the time ot the declaration of independence, and {haiifete continued either to reside within j the fainexr to be employed in its fcrvice from U«t peibd to the time of his eleftion. And in cafe the Senators and Representatives of this State in Congress, (hall find that the aforefaidv amendment is not conformable to the fentitnents of a conftftutional majority 1 of both tranches of the national Legislature 1 they are |ereby requested to modify the fame so as to meet the fentitnents of such. majori- I t 7'.'. Pro ? ,ded however, that any amendment which IM5' be agreed upon shall exclude from C a leat in either branch of Congrefj any per son who iiall not have been naturalized at the time of making this amendment, and 1 have been-admitted a citizen of the United ( | States fourteen years at least, ai the time of I such eleftion. Resolved further, That the Governor be, j and he is hereby request to commuiiicate the r foregoing resolve to the Supreme Executives of the <Vkml States, and also to transmit the fame \o the Senators and Representatives ' In Congress. Signed by order of the House of f< Representatives, STEPHEN £ speaker. 'Attest, John Caldwell, C. H. R. Signed by order of the Senate, ~ ISAAC DAVIS, speaker. Attest, j John Fisher, C. S. ft R FOR .SALE, A Small Plantation, a ; /"\F about ti6 acres, whereof 34acresare under ci Clover of one and two years, including an - orchard of ten acres; t6 acres of excellent bottom and upland watered meadow, and about Jj acres of wood land. The remainder is now under the plough, 10 acres ot which are in the best order to 1 receive graf, faedpext spring, • J It is situated in the masor ef Mo'eland, Mont- " lefphia •° Unt}r ' '■ fld d ift»nt 14 miles from Phila- • ' The itnprovemtntsare a Bone Dwellipg-Houfe, Kitchen and pump; a stone Spring-Houfa and e ; 8 ' !ons Tenrant's House; a larpe Hone Barn andmajy oth.r ufefulout building, and Z a goo J Garden fenecti.-rouiid,with boards.' >"or furtbe»iparticfiljrsapply to ' P, -J'HC.MPiQN, Conveyancer, _ •V !, ' 43. Mulberry-ftrect. . B. BONS'AXvfi, Dock-flreet, or J. _ , -Jawtf ' A WORK, Of Every Kind, r EXECUTED AT THE SHORTEST Ai NOTICE hi At the OFFfCE as the Gazette of the tl United States, *j ■ BALL. ' f Mr. & Mrs. By^ne, tc Ficst Dancers of the Niai'-iHEATRE, e- ! 1) ESPECTFULLY inform the Ladies and |j* -L*-Gent!emen of Philadelphia, that their firfl Ball will be on Thurl'day next, 14th Feb. at CEllers' Hotel—Ladies tickets may be obtained t0 of Mrs. Byrne, or of their fvholirs. t- Mr. and Mrs. Byrne having opene.l thsir iy Academy at Four Dollarsper Month, or "fen ie Dollars per Quarter, mean to teach every fafti- Jt i nable Dance now in use in the politest circles at of Europe—and relying on their attention to , o their pupils, hope for the generous patronage of a discerning public. Pleale to enquire ef Mr. tc Mrs. Byrne, the corner, of Dock and Second streets, or dnring ig the hours of Tuition, at Oellers's Hotel, on g Tuesdays and Saturdays, from ten til twelve in I the mornipp for Young Ladies, and in thfc even-. e ings of the fame days from fix till nine for Gen / tlemen—To commence on Saturday the 26th \ January. February if. dtf e White Oak Logs—or White Oak Pipe—Wanted. d _____ s PROPOSALS, e will BE RECEIVED, f On or b«fore the 10th day of March, ti For the Delivery, To the Corporation of the City of Philadelphia, or their agent, at any part within the said City of the whole or part of 104,000 feet, running measure, of WHITE OAK LOGS, Or of the fame quantity, of L 0 G S t BereJ into pipe, counteiborcd and tapped, d as under ; j 24,000 feet to measure 13 inches at the thickest end, if bored, 4 m inch pipe. - 16,000 feet to measure 11 inches at the thickest r end, if bored, 4 inch pipe. " bored, 3 inch pipe. 104,000 The Logs mult be strait and free from flukes and knots : no faulty logs will on any a<count be received. Those who deliver proposals for bored legs, are rcquelled to mention the price at which tfcey will deliver the logs unbored.in cafe it should ba found proper to bore them in Philadelphia. Proposals in writing will be received by B. Henry Latrobc, engineer. South Twelfth-ftreet, • the fiift House from Market-street. ■ feb 8 § Bricks Wanted. , PROPOSALS WILL Be RECEITFD, 1 On or before the »i ft day of the present month, 1 »0* DXLivmiK., To rhe Corporation of the City of Philadelphia or their agent—on any part of Chefnut-ftreet, George-street, Hroad-ftreet, or Center- Scjuate, between the Schuylkill and Center-Square, as {hall be di rected, the wh»li, or part of One Million of found, hard burned BRICKS. No Sammel or place Bricks will be received— One half of this quantity mill be required to be delivered before the iill of March next—the other before the ijth »f May. It is drfired that the prcpofai, may mention the Yard from Which the bricks are intended to be delivered, and that they be lent in writing to S. Henry Latrobe, engineer. South Twclfrh ftreec i the firft house from Market Tercet. ! feb 8 ( Sales of valuable Books. NEXT WEDNESDAY, the 13 th injlant, at four o'clock precisely, At the AUCTION ROOM In Market-street between Fourth and Fifth ftrccts ! No 183, North Side, l Will be Sold by Auction, for Cajh, \ An Invoice of aflsrted and valuable BOOKS. Conflfting of Law, Physic and Divinity, also, ! N#vels, Miscellanies, History, Voyages, Poetry, Drama, and Agriculture, Sec. ' ' Shannon & Poali, auftioneers. " feb 8 dts ; To be Sold at Public Sale, On the 35th of this month, at the house of Willi- J am Anderfon, ia the borough of Chester, De- I laware county, t A Lot .of Ground fitnated on Chester ' Creek, 180 feet on said creek, and too feet deep, 1 there is on said lot a good stone dwelling house and 1 kitchen, two good stone store house*, two good ' wharves, and an excellent place for a lumber t yard. It is at present occupied by Margaret r Moulder. Also, about 36 acres of good Land in f the town (hip of Kidlef, and county aforefaid. f 1 here is on said premifei two fwall tenaments, a f good young apple and peach orchard, and an ex- a ccllent good stone quarry on Crum Creek, at pre- ii lent occupied by Charles Ramsay Ihe terms will be made known on the day of t sale ',, JOHN WALL. j, February 9. jtawtijth F. t! To be Sold, or Let ~ p ON GROUND RENT, FOREVER r A NUMBER of very handfom. Building Lots, * on the South fide of Arch-street, Hear Ninth 1 aml on Ninth-flreet, between Arch and ■* Race-ftreeta. 11 ALSO, w '. A r V'T 0f foUr acres each : 00 a high, dry, ° and elegant within three miles from the city—Enquire ac No. >lB Arch-street P ja "- 3 °- I <V ; TH L PA ~ TNERSHIP OF d ' John tsf James Poultney 01 BEING dilTolvedby mutual consent alln'rrf Indebted to them are requested t 'o " fk,-° nS P - aym l ent t0 cither of the fubferibers • ',nd ai ■£££? demands t0 prefcnt ** - Afi' JOHN POULTNEY, Iftmo 30 ***** l\ w &frtf .The following excellent Work may now be _ had of - James Humphreys, Oppollte the Bank of tliJtJnited State,, Thit-dflreet, H ' At the reduced price of twenty-five cent, fin„, e % two dollars the dozen, vh. g Young's Eflays r n °" the fo! lowir,g interesting Aibjea, ■ n 'ovu-nment—Revoluiions—The B. itifl, Ccn ' flitwion— Kingly Government—Parliamentary ™ RepreTentation and Reform-Liberty sT E ",17- feb the prefm W ' r ' 'fi&f Volunteer Grenadiers. February n, 171)9. 1 HIS Corps are ordered to a (Terrible on Wed nesday morning, next, it o'clock, in front of th,e Captain's Quartert, No. 44, South Fifth id street, in full uniform, with fide arms, rfl By cemmand, at G. K. HARRISON, iftferj't. Ed J ir To be Let, en A Store and Loft, h " L N o E^ R . M **«-ftr«t Wharf.—Enquire of es the Subicnber, t0 GEO. DAVIS, L:e f , 319 High-Hrret. * f _ .g CHINA GOODS. ; n Nov > delivering from the Jhib Nciv-fcrfey in f rom Canton, n n [ FOR SALE, t h At the Stores of the Subscribers CONSISTING OF Bohea -» Hyson (kin / Young hyson V TEAS. 1 . Hyson and I Imperial J White nankecas Lutestrings, colored and black Senfhaws do. do. Handkerchiefs do. do. 4.4 Sewing silks do. do. Black hair ribbon Black fattini Caflia in small bales China ware in dining and tea setts On Hand, JO trunks and cases dimities, mufl'ns ginghanu muflinets and pullicat handkerchiefs, in small pack ages, for the Weft-India market. 1 ij trunks of printed calicoes, aborted for the Weft-India market. 1 1 bale of woolen cloths, low priced. Sail can»as by the bale or piece, No. I to 8. I Copper in rtieets 14 by 48 and 48 by.6o ipchet Raised copper bottoms in tubs. A small invoice ot queens ware aflortcd. s English wrought nails in e Sheathing papeK d Nnw-Orleans indigo h Paints of different color', dry in calks. & Old Madeira wine fit for use. NIC KLIN & GRIFFITH. - ftb - 11 m-w.fr.tf. Land, Town Lots, T AND in the Township of Cambria an j , 1-J lots in tl,e Town of Reula, Somerset counry, Pennfylvinii, for file at a moderate price and upon a reafonablt credit ; any quan tity may be obtained from 100 acres to to 000 —and good mechanics and Üboreri ni»y have lahd or lots for their work. The situation it healthy and the foil good { the present settlers are foher, indnftrious Itid well informed. A seminary of learning, pub he library and other ufeful inflitutiont have been among the firft object of their attention. Road, have been cut, and new ones ar« contemplated in different direflions—The distance from Phi ladelphia it about 133 milet ; from Pittfbureh 65 milet and from Fort Franklin 85 wires. Tie bel| rout is through Harrifourgh, Lewiftown, Huntingdon, kc. For further particulars, enquire of MORG/tb RHt.ES, No. 177 South Second.street, Philadelphia, or of Mettrt. JONES £s" MOORE, . Surveyors, Beula. - iaw6w , ...The Subscriber ofbrs for Saic, THE FOLLOWING \ N Excellent three story Brick House, fitu ■L i- ate the corner of 7th and Race-streets tne house is about 13 fiet front and well fini'fh ed in every refp.,sl ; the Lot it 76 fee* front on Kace-ilrcct and 88 feet d«ep,thelitualion remar kably airy, having a public fquate bpen in Front of It. Two three story Brick Houses, Brick Stores, and good Wharf, situate in Water-street, be tr;n,Arf!l.l,ul Ric e-flr"ts, the lot on which ™5 fc Jl* g* lrf ' 19 fif, y f° llr feet trout on ater-ftreet, and continues that width about 95 r f L " widcns t0 lha south ij feet 6 inch es, so that the front on the water is sixty seven feet fix inches, this lot adjoins Jain Steinraetz t.q. en the south, and has the advantage of a public alley on the north, and is a verv deflra-" ble situation for the bufineft of a Flour Factor, or Merchant. A large elegant two fiery Stone House, situ. ate on the Point no Point road, being the firft house to the Northward of the five mile stone : tins house it about 60 feet front apd 40 feet deep untitled in a nett manner; there is a good gar j " „ c»oice collc&ion of the best fruit trees, ic«-Houfe and other conveniences with about nine acret of ground—or if rnorc agreeable to the purchaser, thirty two acret of upland and meadow may be added to it. ' A plantation in Bibirry Township, Philadel plua county near the Red Lyon, about 13 milet 10m this city; bounded by the Northampton Road and Poqueffing Creek, thU farm contains a jout 140 acret of land, a proportionof which is woodland and meadow , a brick dwelling- C ' r >r ? e ' ,arn > and other out-houfet, and there is said to be a good stone quarry on part ®f it, although it has not yet bee* opened, a fur ther deicrtption is deemed unnecefiary as no mlfe " W without viewing the pre- A small plantation in Horflnm Township. Montgomery county, nineteen milts from Phi ladelphia, adjoining to Grame Park, on which "an excellent new Stone House and Kitchen, r * Stone Shed for the accommodation 0 traveller 9 horfet ; the house is now occupi e ?r a ,a y era » ari d is suitable for any kind of public bulinefs, the land is good in quality, » good neighborhood, and a remarkably healthy lituation : there is fifty acres of land and mea cow in this farm Also for file, several tracts ot land in different counties of this state. £3* The Hon At inßace-ftreet firft mentioned and «ne of the Houses in Water-Ifreet, are now TO BE LET, And immediate pi ffeffion given. For terms app'y it the South-east corner of Arch and Sixth flreets, to JOSEPH BALL. fcb 7 th&ftf 83" ANY Persons wanting palTagc to France, can obtain ic in the Swedik arquc Neptune, Daniel Jadarbom, master, lying at Nrw-\ ork, by applying to Mr. Letombe, or to K-ic ard Soderstrom, Csnful General of Sweden, in this city, jan. 14 'pHE Book for Subscriptions to the Company ti i" cieSuig a permanent Bridge ver Schuilki'.l, at, or near the City of Philadel phia, continues open at th» house ot the Trtafuinr of said Company, No. J3, Churck Alley. January », t 791 . to:l6w
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